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SIMSBURY — When Delia Brimmer first learned about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, she was in the middle of the ocean. Brimmer, a Simsbury native, was studying abroad as part of a "Semester at Sea" program, and said she was worried for her friends at her school, Fisher College in Boston. "My heart sunk into my stomach," Brimmer said. "There were a lot of people on my trip who were from Boston. It was shocking and it was scary." But just a couple months later, Brimmer was selected to participate in the book "Boston Strong: A City's Triumph over Tragedy" by author Casey Sherman and former Boston Herald investigative reporter Dave Wedge....

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